Year 4 Blog Friday 20th March 2026

Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 12:49pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. 

Can you retell some of the story in your own words?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

invention      injection      action          hesitation    completion

expression   discussion    confession    permission   admission

expansion     extension     comprehension       tension        musician

electrician   magician       politician

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 2’s

For example, start at 86 and count to 128 and back again

86  88  90  etc                         128  126  124  etc

Now have a go at counting in 0.2’s

For example, start at 0.8 and count to 3.2 and back again

0.8   1.0   1.2 etc                       3.2   3.0   2.8 etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

Halving challenge

Follow the link below and play any of the halving games – this will help to consolidate our learning this week.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

TTRockstars challenge

A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A rounding numbers challenge (this is revision)

In English, we learnt about pronouns.

We now that that a pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or noun phrase in a sentence and that its primary purpose is to prevent repetition. 

We also identified pronouns in a sentence and discussed which noun they were taking the place of.   

In Maths, we consolidated our knowledge of the written method of multiplication – the grid method.

Additionally, we learnt how to halve 4 digits numbers where all the digits are even (eg 2864).  

In RE, we learnt about the Corporal Works of Mercy - seven charitable actions, rooted in Matthew 25:31–46, that address the physical needs of others to show God’s mercy and love.

These actions are: to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, clothe the naked, visit the imprisoned and bury the dead.

In Science, we started our new topic – Animals including Humans.

We began by thinking about what happens to food that we eat and why our teeth are different shapes.

In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we learnt how to better understand our differences.

We continued to learn how we can use our strengths in different ways.

In our PE lesson, we warmed up by taking part in a relay practice.

We then played bench ball and dodgeball, practising our throwing and catching, as well as our teamwork skills.

Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.  

In our Geography lesson, we learnt about the different layers of the rainforest.

This week, we also went on a trip to Southport Eco Centre, where we learnt about rainforests. We took part in 4 different activities:

a giant snakes & lianas board game to find out more about the features of a rainforest;

a PC game to explore the habitats/locations of the world’s rainforests, completing an activity booklet;

a ‘visit’ to a rainforest in the immersive room experiences;

and a garden fact hunt – to investigate the layers of the rainforest.

In Art, we painted the background and some objects for our ‘still life’ composition.

We will use these later to create a cut paper collage still life picture.

In Forest School, we discussed how to be safe around the fire. We talked about the three things we need to start a fire. We watched the popcorn as it popped and dicussed how the change is irreversible.

Some of us had a go at using the flint and steel to start a fire. Everyone who had a try was successful!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Alexander

Super Learner Award: Violet Ca

Superstar Writer: Bobby

Bookworm Award:  Rudy

Marvellous Mathematician: Isla

Special Mentions: All of Y4 !

The Year 4 Team